A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 惡其始者必惡其終。

　　A bad bush is better than the open field. 有勝於無。

　　A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. 吃虧的和解也比勝訴強。

　　A bad conscience is a snake in one''s heart. 做賊心虛。

　　A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept. 壞習慣像鮮餡餅，分食要比保存好。

　　A bad padlock invites a picklock. 開門揖盜。

　　A bad penny always turns up.

　　A bad thing never dies. 壞事傳千年。

　　A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀鈍)。

　　A bargain is a bargain. 達成的協議不可撕毀。

　　A beggar''s purse is bottomless. 乞丐的錢袋是無底洞。

　　A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。

　　A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人。

　　A bird may be known by its song. 什麼鳥唱什麼歌。

　　A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有勝於全無。

　　A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it''s the boundary of the world. 坐井觀天。

　　A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. 秋波送盲，白費癡情。

　　A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好書今天如此，將來也如此，永不改變。

　　A book that remains shut is but a block. 有書閉卷不閱讀，無異是一塊木頭。

　　A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm. 借來的鬥篷不暖身。

　　Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚愛益切，離別情更深。

　　A burden of one''s choice is not felt. 自己選的擔子不嫌重。

　　A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。

　　A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蠟燭焚自身，光亮照別人。